As part of his State visit to the Kingdom of Denmark, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam To Lam, accompanied by a high-level Vietnamese delegation, visited the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen on the afternoon of October 19 (local time).
His Majesty King Frederik X of Denmark also accompanied the Vietnamese leader on the visit.
At the Institute, Professor Joachim Mathiesen, Director of the Niels Bohr Institute, delivered welcoming remarks and provided an overview of the Institute’s history and research activities.
The Niels Bohr Institute is a leading physics research centre at the University of Copenhagen, renowned for its foundational contributions to atomic physics and quantum mechanics. Today, its research focuses on cutting-edge scientific fields, including quantum technologies, particle physics and astronomy.
The Institute was established in 1921 at the initiative of the renowned Danish physicist Niels Bohr, originally under the name Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.
During the 1920s and 1930s, it became one of the world’s foremost centres for research in atomic physics and quantum mechanics. In 1965, the Institute was officially renamed the Niels Bohr Institute.
As the University of Copenhagen’s centre for physics research and education, the Niels Bohr Institute has particular strengths in quantum physics, particle physics, astronomy, climate and geophysics, and biophysics. It is currently one of the Nordic region’s most important centres for physics research.
The Institute has also played a pioneering role within the University of Copenhagen in promoting scientific cooperation with Vietnam, focusing on research collaboration, academic exchanges and the development of highly qualified human resources.
In July 2025, the Niels Bohr International Academy (NBIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE) in Quy Nhon, Vietnam.
The agreement aims to promote exchanges of scientists, joint research activities, scientific conferences and workshops, and doctoral training programmes.
Joint scientific activities are expected to take place at ICISE in 2026, further strengthening connections among researchers from Denmark, Vietnam and the wider Southeast Asian region.
During the visit, General Secretary and President To Lam also toured the Institute’s Quantum Computing Laboratory and Quantum Technology Fabrication Laboratory.